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in egypt. the u.s. . has been.
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from. the egyptian opposition's growing pressure on president morsi is starting to yield results. on the presidential palace. the. constitution could be delayed but that still would not. true explain. the president may see the referendum for spawn's here in egypt provided the opposition forces open dialogue with the president's without preconditions which people see on the streets as meaning without the respite
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demands here the presidential palace doesn't say spontaneous it's an overnight in protest of this controversial decrees that president morsi released two weeks ago which they see as a power grab and of course the constitution which is going to refer in the next week stacey's dismissed as it was written by an islamist dominated constitutional assembly overnight scenes here with tents as the muslim brotherhood's gathered in nearby mosques to the presidential palace and there are rumors that they would march on the city and how that never happens the scenes were very calm after we witnessed extraordinary scene yesterday when hundreds of thousands of protesters just outside the presidential palace in front of republican guard barricades storms be a republican guards who essentially stepped aside and let the flood of protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace to continue their protest right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional
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scenes here on the streets meanwhile the opposition forces and the national salvation front have said they will not budge they have a list of key demands which includes the referendum being stopped and also because the race in this contentious decree being revoked they said they will not speak to the president and until he listens to the demands of the moment the president is sticking by his guns to really we're still seeing a deadlock here in egypt. meanwhile the egyptian army is back in the picture in its first statement since the protests erupted the military warned of disastrous consequences if the crisis is not resolved and vowed not to let that happen but some analysts fear the army is closer involvement would mean the country plunging deeper into political chaos. at this point he should have known the gathering the frost and goodwill of the egyptian people is more important than any specific action he wants to accomplish so things are really very dangerous in egypt
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now and i hope the violence will follow these kind of confrontations in front of the presidential palace my fear is are that the military may step in and clear clear the decks for themselves i don't think it's dangerous in terms of morsi using tremendous power to crush and kill thousands and thousands of egyptians i don't think he will go that route so my feeling is only from the military and military have a history of doing those things in egypt or elsewhere. and public outrage is also spilling onto the streets of kuwait later this hour we are full from what was once thought to be one of the more stable gulf monarchies which now seems to be swept up by the next chapter of the arab spring. british police is still giving no details about the death of a nurse who was fooled by a prank telephone call about the pregnant duchess of cambridge the uncertainty only adds more speculation over the already headline grabbing story of britain's royal
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baby which has now taken a tragic twist as all these pretty boy reports some are suggesting the frenzy had already reached a feverish level of media coverage. all this taking place against a backdrop of intense media speculation a real media circus the whole past week over news that kate middleton is pregnant we've seen discussions about whether or not kate could be having twins if kate has twins which of the babies potential babies would be the ones succeeding to the throne if it was if they were delivered by c. section it would be the physician potentially deciding it is the successor to the british want to keep the we've seen bookmakers taking bets on what this baby might be called predictions that this will already be the most popular name in britain as soon as the name is announced all this you know when we've got real news taking place in syria a political crisis in egypt and. the press much more interested in kate middleton's
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acute morning sickness i'm joined by cost curve in the studio here with me he's a journalist he's been following the story cost a tragic wake up call to the three year. certainly should be. very very tragic case the circumstances under which are still under investigation by the police but the real issue is of course the media which blew itself out of proportion i believe the daily mail when it's going to take a story broke the daily mail devoted fourteen its first fourteen or thirteen pages of the newspaper one of the most read newspapers in the country to the royal baby they've just had the leveson inquiry a damning report about the state of the british media and now this you know is this more criticism for the british media in the way it's following these stories while there is other news taking place into internationally well again it should be but it isn't because the media is trying to deflect attention away and is calling for the hanging of the to australian great radio deejays the media is not questioning
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the monochord coverage they are devoting to your family and what consequences the abuse may have an individual's life if we have. a media which was more reasonable just when that happened if the suicide is actually proven to be related to you to what happened there you have it now the juke and duchess of cambridge have said that deeply saddened by the news of the tragic news of this the death of the royal not so what should have been a joy for the pregnancy announcement has been you know some say because of the disproportionate media coverage turned into a very tragic news story i would just remind you can always check twitter feed for more news stories on the bureau has been following the protest in the city against starbucks angry activists threatened to shop. the negligible corporation taxes it's paid britain despite huge revenues videos and pictures from the. twitter page.
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britain has joined the u.s. in claims they have intelligence suggesting syria might be preparing to use chemical weapons western countries have said the use of such weapons would trigger foreign military intervention the situation is increasingly drawing parallels with the run up to the invasion of iraq ten years ago on t.v. former u.s. state department chief of staff lawrence wilkerson who was behind the report laying out the case for the road and we lost him what he thinks is next for syria and how justifiable if is about its chemical. i would be highly skeptical of any intelligence rendered by the one hundred forty plus billion dollar u.s.
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intelligence community as to weapons of mass destruction in the possession of another country period i'm not violating any great confidence or any great prohibition in the intelligence community to tell you that we've known for years years that syria has chemical weapons stockpiles just as iraq had chemical weapons stockpiles for a while but the fact that president assad would be moving them around and preparing them for use against his own citizens within his own territory i frankly find for posterous i think that if we were to intervene in a substantial way that is to say we were to put troops on the ground marines soldiers and so forth and we were to do in syria what we began to do in march of two thousand and three in iraq it would be even worse than iraq i think also that it would be again a back door as a war into iran which is the as you well know the real threat that we've been
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putting out there for years now so i think you're looking at a combination here not just syria i think ultimately the target is iran. in further efforts against president assad britain is looking to press its european partners to review the arms embargo on syria and says it wants to help rebel groups more gracious aid and shipments of military gear but as sara firth explains the european military aid could end up in the wrong hands with the case foreign office is concerned this week britain is going to be thinking an amendment to the arms embargo on syria making it easier to help the opponents the syrian president bashar al assad now foreign office official has said that the practical support is likely to include training and non-lethal equipment britain want to play a role in syria after the regime falls because. they would like to be involved. so therefore britain wants to back the winning side. never
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will provide increasingly. with the trouble. so they can't identify eventually. which side should you support. what will be the interest. here when they take part because the danger is there is new. leader of the opposition because twenty. therefore if bashar al assad leaves power. from syria the. part. of these twenty. five one another for the end of the day is going to be the syrian . going to decide. from. that currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles of course up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the
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conflict in syria we see in an increasingly fragmented opposition and say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands numb the last person will be pushing ahead this week seeking that amendment. well still ahead the tens of thousands of palestinians. in gaza. to keep up the resistance this means for the region and the world. the russian city of sochi is gearing up to host the next winter olympics with preparations now in full swing. in between the russian mainland japan and the island is the of minute on. who discovered it it is described as the pride of the region we'll take
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a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to know the speech u.s. place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction. really has been exploring the deaths of the world seas for several decades but it's here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the island of bali on tops my list while some go to the region to enjoy the sights convert the islands nature's riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the
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tonight shock hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar necessary attribute of any feast. the owner of the enterprise says a good fit. season can bring in more than a hundred million dollars net profit. and to a large extent this is all to do what cycling offers environmentally the tonight show operates in only and natural habitat and mild climate unique natural sights and delicious seafood. for a diverse school a day for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from the year of the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination. still in the. going.
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the crowds are rallying in kuwait capital against the parliament elected last week a disputed amendment to electoral law protesters say the amendment changed the voting rules to favor a pro-government candidates. taken by. one of the. kuwait has been shaken by a series of political crises as rulers are crackdown on protesters and the opposition is political lives developments largely unnoticed in the western world but all of this is energizing the resistance even more as explains. the tensions are simmering beneath the calm as those seeking political change are forced to wait another day. powerful nation although it's been ruled by the same family for more than two centuries kuwait is widely seen as the
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most imma craddick of the gulf monarchies get some young kuwaitis beg to differ there is a few countries. but. it's just. the government says that it is doing all it can to maintain stability supporters of the ruling family point out to robust public life with electoral traditions and a vibrant parliament for youth actually. that's not enough the opposition consists of an unlikely alliance of youth groups hard line islamists and local tribes who are ramping up their calls for reform increasingly they've taken their message to the street for peaceful demonstrations have been met with an iron fist. by. the special forces. and after the march. on the street just being detained. critics of kuwait's government claim it turns
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a blind eye to allegations of why. it's pretty corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we don't have a law we have a law that is being used whenever the government feels like using it to reach here began years before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a row with the ruling establishment the electoral law was then changed prompting many to boycott kuwait's most recent parliamentary vote the resulting divide is unlikely to be bridged anytime soon and it leaves the monarchy with an energized opposition eager to make itself heard. about literature like this one stealing more cars thinks it was now or what people are trying to claim i think that there are the political system they want more or you know the right.
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projects like this one show us that cuomo isn't enough in the gaza strip. for you to say in the future how that future plays out well write the next chapter of the arab spring. in gaza more than one hundred thousand people to join celebrations marking the twenty fifth anniversary of a mass the crowds were addressed by the exiled leader of the islamised group khaled mashal who is on his first visit to the strip for decades michel reiterated the mission of liberating palestine and defying israel and urged arab countries to support the resistance in his speech he also stressed the importance of reconciliation with the masses rival party fatah representatives were invited to the event the celebration included a military dimension with a massive bubble of a medium range rocket a centerpiece of the event that is about another sharmeen no one aide told r.t. about the significance of. i think the rockets are
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a sign of two things one that all options are back on the the table. the military option per propel seems to resist militarily is now a possibility again the second reason the rocket counts is i think it's a sign that deterrence has been reestablished of course it makes the israelis nervous they don't like to be sitting there and and they don't like to be told that they are the defeated party this is you know fairly unprecedented and except for of course hezbollah's defeat of israel in two thousand and six they'll be dying to prove themselves but for once they can't because every day that the conflict went on and of amber it made in iran and palestinian islamic jihad and hizbollah look better and. the tyreese the us you in france look worse because you know these are people who are time by arming the resistance in syria and pushing forward but not willing of course to arm the resistance in gaza so israel
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has had to sit tight or risk a lot more potentially. some other world news now egypt has arrested a suspect accused of involvement in killing the u.s. ambassador to libya in september egyptian intelligence sources say the man is believed to be a member of a ministry the suspect has also been accused of transporting weapons from libya to . the forward italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has announced he is to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to lead the debt ridden country out of the financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year with italy on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. around two thousand pro british protesters have rallied outside belfast city hall in northern ireland over the local councils vote to remove the u.k. flag from the building police officer has been injured in the clashes that follows trouble when the vote was first announced last monday on friday when eight police
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officers were injured at least thirteen people detained after riots politicians have appealed for protests to start. this weekend the world's best figure skaters are testing the olympic ice in russia's resort city of sochi the countdown is in full swing with just over a year left until the winter games. reports from the next olympic city. there is just over a year until the actual winter olympics get underway but still this toss competitions give us a chance that the construction is almost over and that the city will soon transform into the world capital off the winter games now this weekend is all about pushing the new venue through their paces of course all eyes are right now at this iceberg a rina ice rink which is right behind my back it's a new twelve thousand rink which is part of a cluster of ice sports venues which have been or are still being built along the black sea coast now its brand new sparking doors have just been opened for numerous
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competitors from around the globe and it seems no matter how they would actually do at the event they will sure go back home pleased with all this new facilities now an offer this weekend is all about testing the new venue is however it also provides an exciting taste of what's still to come. when i'll be back with more news for you in just over thirty five minutes from now in the meantime the kaiser report is next here on our team. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture.
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hello i'm max times or welcome to the kaiser report hollywood money isn't money it's congealed snow melts in your hand and there you are this or that dorothy parker said that nine hundred fifty six but she could have well been talking about twenty twelve and the global financial system where money and wealth melt like so much congealed snow stacey. i mean that was a great introduction just read it at the end of dorothy parker i think she had a cat named cliche. well the news is a cliche this week and i want to look at this hollywood accounting and it is something that hollywood has taught the world michigan town wombs hollywood but
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ends up with a bit part so the story starts in august two thousand and seven jennifer granholm is the governor of michigan into michigan flies mike binder who is a director from michigan and he convinces the governor that hey michigan should have one of these financial incentive schemes that all the other states have which is basically not only giving all sorts of tax breaks like property tax to studios but actually giving them money to bring their productions to your state so michigan introduced this scheme and within two months twenty four movies had signed up to film in michigan from to the entire year before the productions estimated that they would spend one hundred ninety five million dollars filming there and in return they would be refunded about seventy million in cash yeah i mean this is important because before enron before world com before two.

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